Success motivates me!! No secret about that, and it make me feel great.  Right now, I am at a very big high.  Sorry, I know this is going to sound very childish, but I have to share it.  I am “mos” studying, I think I picked the most difficult course I could think of, and now I have to work VERY hard.  But it is paying off.  My elatedness is a bit premature, as we still have to write yearend exams, but in our system halve of the final marks are made up of marks you get throughout the semester.  And this far I have done very well.  Especially in TAX – I think I previously wrote about this, Tax is like a nightmare.  It is so much work and you have to remember the numbers of numerous act sections, and previous courtcases, and all kinds of stuff.  And I managed to get a 86% semester mark!!  I feel as if I am the “cleverest” person on earth!!

Okay, enough for now!!  Let’s go to an Afrikaans saying that is applicable in this case :”Goed begonne is half gewonne”  That is very old Afrikaans, the newer version is :”Goed begin is half gewin”  It means, if something is started of well, you are halfway to successfully completing it!!  Another saying that could be applicable is “Byt vas” which directly translated means something like ”hold on fast with your teeth” – we use it to say that a person should persist in what they do, eventually they will succeed or the trial will pass.  The history of this saying come from the training our young men received in the Army.  They had to do an endurance exercise where they had to run very far with their full kit, and that was called “Vasbyt”.   One more saying is “Aanhouer wen” which means the person who continues with his/her efforts will win.

I think I should stop motivating myself for now, and rather go sit and continue studying.  First subject to write exam in is Business Accounting on Monday.  So please pray, I need all the prayer I can get!!